284: Chapter 284 Peak of the Upper Realm! Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum

"Swish, swish!"

Within the vast Heavenly River, the sound of flowing water, like thunder, continued to resound.

The crystallized spiritual energy, in its violent state, assaulted everything between heaven and earth like a raging storm.

Xiao Ting was in the midst of it, eyes closed as he operated his cultivation technique, absorbing all the power with almost insatiable greed.

Time slipped away quietly within this world, and outsiders could not perceive any of this.

Mandala watched Xiao Ting's transformation, her eyes filled with shock.

As the adopted daughter of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, she had seen far too many geniuses within the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

However, this was the first time she had ever seen a Lower Earthly Sovereign who could directly create a higher-spec baptism, using their physical body, cultivation base, and spirit to accept the tempering simultaneously.

"As expected of the World Observer."

Mandala thought of the journal copy; light appeared on her body, transforming into a Mandala flower that entered the Heavenly River.

She went against the current, arrived at the location of the First Hall, entered an even deeper position, and merged with her main body.

As the main body merged with the clone, her power began to return.

Since Lu Heng had already been slain by Xiao Ting, the curse was also easily cleared.

Time flew by like a white horse passing a crack in the wall; in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

Within the Ancient Heavenly Palace, space storms appeared from time to time.

Somewhere, a location would suddenly turn into nothingness under the chaotic rules.

The collision of those terrifying laws was like a world-destroying storm; even ordinary Heavenly Supreme beings would tremble in their souls when facing such a situation.

Boom!

Located in the deepest part of the First Hall, a spiritual energy storm appeared, piercing through space to reach the highest point.

A petite and exquisite figure condensed under the influx of powerful spiritual energy, releasing a formidable aura.

Behind her, a massive phantom emerged; this figure was like a great sun, radiating an aura of eternal immortality.

"Half-step Earth Supreme Great Perfection." Mandala's exquisite eyebrows curved slightly: "Still a sliver away."

If her clone could have had the strength of an Upper Earthly Sovereign before returning to the main body, she definitely could have taken the opportunity to break through to Earth Supreme Great Perfection.

However, there were benefits to returning early; it would be much easier to enter and switch to cultivating the Great Solar Undying Body.

From now on, her main body's cultivation base and Sovereign Dharma Body could improve together, and they would become increasingly compatible.

"Hmm!?"

Mandala suddenly turned her head to look in one direction.

She saw that above the Heavenly River, the second towering great river formed by the Spirit of the Heavenly River had already dissipated and vanished.

A Dharma Body, thousands of feet tall and extremely solid, stood in the void, reaching up to the heavens and standing upon the earth, looking like the master of that world.

That Dharma Body radiated two types of power, thunder and flame, governing the punitive power of heaven and earth, shaking the void with its might, causing heaven and earth to submit.

What shocked Mandala was that her own powerful Dharma Body, which she had cultivated to the extreme and only needed to sacrifice a Great Solar Undying Body to transform into an Immortal Golden Body, was actually feeling extreme pressure.

That domineering and mysterious Dharma Body, which gathered the power of thunder and flame, was actually of a much higher rank than the quasi-Immortal Golden Body she was cultivating.

Under conditions of equal cultivation realm and strength, she feared that even the Immortal Golden Body would not be a match for that mysterious Dharma Body of heaven and earth.

"This is the Purple Heaven Flame-Swallowing Body that Xiao Ting mentioned in the Diary!"

Mandala immediately realized.

Xiao Ting had said that the Purple Heaven Flame-Swallowing Body could simultaneously devour thunder and flame to continuously transform; once it became the Zixiao Burning Flame Body, it would be the same as the Eternal Immortal Body, Endless Radiant Body, and other Primal Dharma Bodies.

But the Zixiao Burning Flame Body could also fuse with the Purple Heaven Flame; thus, it could become a rank stronger, a Purple Heaven Flame Body that was a rank stronger than the other Primal Dharma Bodies.

Not only that, the Purple Heaven Flame Body would grow as the Purple Heaven Flame grew, completely widening the gap between it and the other nine Primal Dharma Bodies.

In other words, the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Body could rival the Great Solar Undying Body.

The Purple Heaven Flame Body could rival the Immortal Golden Body.

The Zixiao Burning Flame Body could rival the Eternal Immortal Body.

Under normal circumstances, there was no high or low, only the power attributes were different.

But if Xiao Ting added the Purple Heaven Flame, then it would be stronger within the same level.

"Even if I cultivated the Immortal Golden Body now, I would still be slightly inferior to the Purple Heaven Flame-Swallowing Body." A look of realization flashed in Mandala's eyes.

Rumble!

The Dharma Body began to dissipate.

Xiao Ting's figure appeared within it; his aura surged straight into the sky, assaulting the chaotic void, but it did not shake it in the slightest.

"His realm is the same as mine." Mandala was shocked in her heart.

Xiao Ting was not even twenty-four years old, and he had ascended from the Lower Plane.

This growth speed was truly shameful to behold; as expected of the World Observer who possessed the Diary.

And although they were in the same realm, Mandala felt that she would not be able to block a single sword strike from him.

The next moment, she confirmed her guess.

She saw a long sword suddenly appear in Xiao Ting's hand, pointing at the sky with a motion that seemed slow but was actually fast.

Terrifying sword intent rose, and sword qi raged, soaring into the sky; it actually shook the law storm above.

Although it was only shaking it, and it did not destroy or cut through it at all, it still shocked Mandala.

Those spatial turbulences above were caused by the battle between Heavenly Supreme experts, involving the power of the Great Thousand World, and had already touched upon the level of laws.

If one were to say that Xiao Ting could use a pseudo-unity of man and nature to briefly combine with his Dharma Body, then it would be understandable to shake it slightly; he was a peerless genius.

But now, he had shaken the dilapidated void and affected the laws just by relying on one sword strike.

In other words, this sword strike had the power to touch upon the level of a Heavenly Supreme!

"This destructive power is not bad, but I don't know if it can obliterate the heart of the Nine-Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor."

Xiao Ting put away his long sword, his gaze shifting to land on Mandala.

His figure flashed, instantly crossing countless spaces to arrive opposite Mandala.

"Let's go, Mandala!"

Xiao Ting reached out his hand, and spatial nodes appeared upon it.

"I will take you into the Ancient Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum to see the Ancient Heavenly Emperor."

Mandala understood and transformed into a stream of light, entering those spatial nodes.

Xiao Ting immediately performed Flying Body Tracing, his figure rapidly traveling through the void.

Not long after, he arrived at the end of this area, reaching a position directly above a desolate plain.

Standing in the void, a mausoleum that seemed to have no end appeared before Xiao Ting, and the space around the mausoleum appeared in a completely shattered state.

The surroundings were filled with two types of extremely terrifying pressure, enveloping the four sides of the mausoleum, making that mausoleum seem like a black hole that swallowed everything, instinctively causing fear in one's heart.

This was originally the place where the Ancient Heavenly Palace buried its meritorious officials, but because of this, it was also the place where the Ancient Heavenly Emperor finally fell.

Thus, it was changed from the Heavenly Palace Mausoleum to the Ancient Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum!

Xiao Ting continued to go deeper; after approaching the edge, he discovered that the surrounding spatial fragments had already formed turbulence, creating a natural chasm.

The two types of terrifying power pressure that were vaguely emitted from within made even him, as he was now, feel infinite pressure.

But Xiao Ting ignored it directly and lifted his foot to walk into the pitch-black mausoleum before him that seemed to want to swallow everything.

The next instant, he immediately sensed a mysterious feeling of pressure appear, enveloping his entire body.

The circulation speed of the spiritual energy within his body decreased significantly.

"As expected of a Saint-Rank Heavenly Sovereign!"